Bed-bottom and upholstery support.



No. 683,|75. Patented Sept. 24; IBM. J. HUEY.

BED BOTTOM AND UPHOLSTERY SUPPORT.

(Application filed June 11, 1901.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JOHN I-IOEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BED-BOTTOM AND UPHOLSTERY SUPPORT.

SPJEGIFI'GATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,175, datedSeptember 24, 1901.

Application filed June 11, 1901.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HOEY, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Bed-Bottom and Upholstery Supports; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of bed-bottomand upholstery supports; and it consists in the combi nation, with thespiral supporting-springs, of transverse tubular bars havingperforations made through the top and bottom to receive a straight shankformed on the lower end of the spring and by which the spring ismaintained in a vertical position. The ends of the tubular bars extendinto holes made for them in the side rails-of the bedstead, and theseare slotted to fit upon pins fixed in the side rails and by which thetubular supports are prevented from turning.

My invention also comprises details of construction, which will be morefully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through one end of the bed-bottom.Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the spring-supporting tube. Fig. 3 is asimilar view,the tube being stripped over the usual wooden bar. Fig. atshows the manner of preventing the tube from turning. Fig. 5 shows thetube supported by bushings on the inside of the side rails.

In the construction of bed-bottoms it is customary to stretch awoven-wire fabric over the bed-bottom frame and to support this fabricat intervals by spiral or coiled springs the lower ends of which restupon transverse wooden bars. The strains brought upon these barsfrequently break them and make it necessary to repair before the bed canbe-conveniently used.

It is the object of my invention to prevent such breakage, to reduce thesize of the supports, and to generally provide an improved constructionof the whole device. For this purpose, as illustrated in the presentcase, the woven-wire mattress A is' stretched between the end bars ofthe bed, and at inter vals between the side rails 2 extend the trans-Serial No. 64,100; on) model.)

verse tubular metal bars 3. These may be made of gas-pipe or othersuitable material, and the ends are perforated or slotted, as shown at4, and pins, as 5, may be driven through or into the side rails 2 andthrough the slots or openings, so as to firmly lock the ends of thetubes and prevent their rolling and also holding them, so that they actto hold the sides of the bed-bottom together. Between the tops of thesebars and the surface of the woven-wire fabric A are fitted any suitablenumber of spiral springs, as at 6. These springs are preferably madeconical or smaller at the bottom and enlarging at the top, so as toprovide a wide surface of support for the Woven-wire fabric. The lowerends of the springs have a straight portion pro jecting downwardly, asat 7, and this straight part fits in the holes bored through the tubes3, so that if the tube is hollow without any filling these ends canextend across both sides, so that they are braced and the spring isprevented from tipping, while the bar itself being locked by the pin 5is in a similar manner prevented from tipping or being displaced.

In some cases it may be found desirable to fill the interior of the tubewith a wooden rod or body of proper size, and when this is done the endof the rod need not be passed entirely through the two sides of thetube, since the solid interior filling will be sufficient to pre ventthe spring from tipping upon the rod, because the end will be embeddedin this body. A bed bottom thus constructed is stiffer, provides abetter support for the spring, and being of small diameter is not in theway of the spring in its compression and extension under use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a bed=bottom of the side and end rails, a wovenwire fabric stretched between said ends, conical spiral springs, thebases of which form a support for the Woven-wire fabric, transversetubular rods extending between the sides, underlying and forming a rigidsupport for the springs and having their ends fitted to the inner sidesof the side rails, and having holes V said holes.

bored through them, and straight extensions at the lower ends of thesprings fitting into 2. The combination in a bed-bottom of the end andside bars, a woven wire fabric stretched over the top, spiral springshaving their axes vertical, upon the upper ends of which the woven-wirefabric is supported, tubular rods extending transversely between thesides and fitted to the inner surfaces thereof, said rods underlying thesprings and forming a rigid support therefor and having holes madevertically through them, the lower ends of the springs having straightextensions adapted to pass through the holes whereby the springs arerigidly held upright.

3. The combination with the bed-bottom, the side and end frames, thewoven-wire fabric stretched over the top between the end frames, spiralsprings upon the upper ends of which the woven-wire fabric rests,tubular rods extending transversely beneath the springs and forming arigid support therefor and having their opposite ends fitting holes inthe inner surfaces of the sides of the bedbottom frame, said tubeshaving transverse holes or slots near the ends, with pins passingtherethrough and also through the side rails and locking theininto theside rails, holes made vertically through the tubes and approximatelyaxial with the lines of the springs, said springs having straightextensions from the lower ends fitting into the holes whereby thesprings are maintained in an upright position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

W. R. PEASE, CHARLES 110m.

